Man Dies Of Asphyxiation

March 3, 1987|Staff reports

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A Massachusetts man who was found dead on Monday in a motel room on the Strip apparently died of asphyxiation after swallowing a plastic bag, police said.

Police tentatively identified the victim as William Harriman, 20, of Brockton. His body was found about 9 a.m. by a maid at the Ocean Holiday Resort Motel in the 200 block of North Atlantic Boulevard, police said.